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MIC hosts lively Ponggal celebration in Little India

KUALA LUMPUR: The aroma of milk being boiled in pots wafted over Little India, Brickfields, as the area hosted a lively Ponggal festival organised by the MIC.

Ponggal is the festival celebrated by Tamils at the end of the harvest season. It is widely embraced by Malaysian Tamils as well, who came dressed in traditional costumes to celebrate at a public Ponggal event that featured the cooking of 20 pots of ponggal, a sweet dish made from milk, rice, nuts and raisins.